Originally Posted by
bluesun777
I disagree with the certainty of that statement.
I think one of the extraordinay things about Hamlet is the sheer ambiguity of his character. I mean, just look at this page: One person says definitively that Hamlet is "immature, self-absorbed, [and] a bit spoiled" while another believes that he is "tragic, noble." In some versions, Hamlet is played as practically as a completely unhinged psychopath, while in others he is a gentleman who maintains his wits and morality. Sometimes he is a skinny, tall, blonde Scandinavian-looking man, and sometimes he is played by a woman - and everything in between.
Thus, Hamlet can be interpreted "in an infinite number of ways" (Brian Pearce, "Hamlet the Actor"), and I disagree with the idea of flat-out stating that a certain interpretation is impossible.